Ultimately, she was among more than 100 of Miami-Dade's death row dogs who made their way to the Canadian sanctuary.

It would take Lucy a little longer than most of the rescued dogs to find her footing. She spent months battling a litany of ailments: hookworm, whipworm, heartworm, demodex, anemia and even a kind of cancer called thyroid carcinoma.

But when she was finally ready to start looking for a family, there wasn't a hint of death row on this dog. Lucy had the future written all over her.